How to change the Text of the browse button in the FileUpload Control (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

Question

I want to change the Text of the browse button in the FileUpload Control (System.Web.UI.WebControls), instead of the [Browse...] text I want to use [...]

Answer 1

This isn't technically possible for security purposes, so the user cannot be misled.

However, there are a couple of workarounds, although these require working with the raw HTML rather than the .NET server control - take a look at http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html for one example.

Answer 2

Thank you Luke, that's a good option.

Answer 3

Some third party tools provide this option. For example, we use the Telerik Upload control:

Changing the text of the Browse/select button

Example of Rad Upload control